Table 1 Key metric comparison of proposed modes versus existing modes

From: Electro-quasistatic and resonant cavity car body communication

Technology

Operation bitrate

Max range

Communication medium

Detectable from Chassis (meters)

CAN

1 Mbps

Determined by cabling

Single twisted pair

0

LIN

19.2 kbps

Determined by cabling

Single forward path wire, common ground connection

0

FlexRay

20 Mbps

Determined by cabling

Single twisted pair, fiberoptic

0

MOST

150 Mbps

Determined by cabling

Fiberoptic

0

Ethernet

400 Gbps

Determined by cabling

4 twisted pairs, typically copper

0

Radiative wireless (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 900 MHz, mmWave)

Variable

Variable

Air or dielectric

>12

EQS inside excitation capacitive return path [this paper]

10 Mbps

1m

Surface

0 (Fig. 3c)

EQS outside excitation capacitive return path [this paper]

10 Mbps

Determined by length of chassis (~4 m)

Surface of vehicle chassis (no additional wires)

~1 (Fig. 4c)

Resonant cavity mode [this paper]

100 Mbps

Determined by perimeter of chassis (~2 or 4 m)

Air or dielectric inside chassis (no additional wires)

~1* (Fig. 4b)

  1. Provides the key differentiation between the different communication modes.
  2. *If voltage scaling techniques are employed to reduce the range of fields as in Fig. 4b.